Multiple weapons found in vehicle
Freeman Martin, from the Texas Department of Public Safety:
At 11.20 this morning a suspect was seen at a gas station dressed in all black, he crossed the street outside the church and began firing at the church.
That suspect entered the church and continued to fire, as he exited a local resident grabbed his rifle and engaged the suspect. The suspect dropped his rifle and fled, the local citizen pursued the suspect.
A short time later the suspect at the county line ran off the roadway and crashed ad was found deceased in his vehicle. We don’t know if it was self inflicted.
He is a young white male, maybe in early 20s, dressed in all black tactical-type gear and was wearing a ballistic vest.
There were multiple weapons in the vehicle.
23 people were killed inside the church.
A Gun used by an Armed Citizen stopped the Murdering Gunman.